David Tate

Sign in Subscribe

peopleware

Vetting specialized developer experience

Let’s say your job today is to find people to work on a project that uses a crazy-cool-man-I-can’t-wait-to-show-my-old-high-school-girlfriend technology. Since everyone wants to try something new, improve their resume architecture, and dominate buzzword bingo you find that every single person you talk to about said technology appears to

Questions to ask in an interview

The questions you ask in a job interview are important. They reveal your level of experience, ability to form complete sentences, how much you were actually listening, passion level, and how seriously you take committing to an organization. While the goal of an interview is to get an offer, deciding

How to complain

Let’s talk about one of the ills facing any group of people who are passionate about their work – ‘complaining about how bad things are’. I’ll list some personal do’s and don’ts on effective complaining, and ways that organizations can help it not destroy morale.Every person

Fixing problems Part 1: Introduction and Attitude Adjustment

As DBAs, software developers, Homo Sapiens, and lovers we have to solve problems. There is a common misconception that support is for the more junior folks on a team and thus being good at it is a sign of “being a little baby”. While support is a great way to